Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) CEO K. Krithivasan has made it clear that the IT giant is not planning to hire new H-1B visa applicants in the near future.

In a recent interview, he said the company will instead focus on expanding its local workforce in the United States and other key markets.

TCS is currently the largest employer of H-1B holders in the US, with 98,259 hires between 2009 and 2025. In 2025 alone, the company hired 5,505 H-1B applicants, ahead of Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and Google.

“We have enough people on H-1 already in the US. I don’t think we would be looking for adding to that count anytime now,” Krithivasan said.

On renewing existing H-1B visas, he added, “Our original plan was always to send people on H-1 with the intention of bringing them back and rotating them.

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